The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 17th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   The Kimberley Dynamiters have taken the No.1 spot from the Revelstoke Grizzlies. The Dynamiters didn’t play on […]

We’re on part 2 of the biggest win/individual performance or moment to end 2024 in the KIJHL Notebook, this week for Kootenay Conference teams. Eddie Mountain Division The Christmas Classic against the Fernie Ghostriders was a highlight for the Kimberley Dynamiters, said head coach-general manager Derek Stuart. “Just the environment and intensity surrounded by that, […]

Steven Foster (Merritt Centennials), Trey Stephenson (Kimberley Dynamiters) and Ryder Ponto (Revelstoke Grizzlies) are the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for December. Foster – Top Forward – The Abbotsford native registered five goals and 12 points in six games and was a plus six for the Centennials, while playing an […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 16th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   Make it six straight weeks at No.1 for the Revelstoke Grizzlies. The Grizzlies ended 2024 with a […]

“I think anytime you’re playing your rival games around the holidays, I always find that kids and family have come home for Christmas and it feels like the hockey rink is a place to congregate. It’s a place where people go and they see lots of people, especially people they know and connect with over […]

Tyler Lindal of the Kimberley Dynamiters has committed to the University of Jamestown Jimmies in the American Collegiate Hockey Association for next fall. Lindal, 20, has 10 points in 25 games this season, his third with the Dynamiters. “I am very excited for my future at a great university while playing for an outstanding hockey […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has 25 goalies with a save percentage of .902 and higher. That group begins with Kael Svenson of the Sicamous Eagles who has a .943 save rate in 482 minutes played. Mathis Perron of the Merritt Centennials completes that list and has played 605 minutes. Fifteen goalies have recorded […]

Kimberley Dynamiters alum Braiden Koran (2017-19) continues to shine off the ice. He’s now a two-time USPORTS All-Academic Canadian, OUA Academic Achievement Award and Ontario Tech Varsity Athletics Academic Award winner, while playing for the Ridgebacks. Koran also received the prestigious Bob and Sallie Baun Varsity Scholarship, which goes to eight varsity athletes with the […]

The hockey community has once again shown its incredible heart. Last weekend, tragedy struck the Spokane Jr Chiefs when the family of player Patrick Carollo was involved in a car accident on their way to a Fernie tournament. Patrick’s sister, Amelia, lost her life, while his mother required multiple surgeries. Despite the heartbreak, the Chiefs […]

Kimberley Dynamiters alum Leith Olafson (2019-20) is playing his first season of U SPORTS hockey with the Mount Royal University Cougars men’s team. Olafson committed to the Cougars after spending three seasons with the Melfort Mustangs in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.  Olafson spoke with KIJHL communications director Emanuel Sequeira about the start of his […]